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Five steps, no surprises.
We text and email a reminder starting 5 days out. The first visit treats inside and out, so we set a time that works for you.
The deep treatment: inside and outside treatment, crack and crevice work, webs and wasp nests removed, and an entry point inspection. It takes longer than a regular visit.
Seeing more bugs is normal. The treatment draws them out, and most are gone within 10 to 14 days. Rain is fine, too.
We book your next visit automatically and text you before we come. Allow a 15-minute window. We always knock before starting.
Covered pests back? Call, text or email. On Home Shield we come back and re-treat for free.
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17 pests we treat. Tap one to see how we handle it.
Text us a photo and we will tell you what you have.
Pick a month to see what is active and what to do about it.
Mice that moved in during the fall are breeding in wall voids and attics. This is when people finally hear the scratching, because the house is quiet. Spiders stay active in basements and crawl spaces.
A few 60-degree days in late February bring cluster flies and box elder bugs out of window frames and attic corners. They did not hatch. They were sleeping in your walls the whole time.
Odorous house ants and pavement ants start foraging along last year's trails. On the first warm, humid day after rain, termite swarmers can pour out near the foundation. They look like flying ants.
Ants go hard and wasps start building. The first mosquitoes show up with standing water and 50-degree nights, and ticks get serious anywhere that backs to a tree line.
If you are going to have an ant problem, May is when it shows up in the kitchen. Carpenter ants get busy around wet wood like deck ledger boards, window frames and overflowing gutters. Brown recluse get easier to spot as it warms up.
Wasp and hornet nests show up under eaves, in soffits and in grill covers. Yellowjacket colonies are still small.
Hot, dry weather sends ants into bathrooms and around dishwashers, and spiders into garages. Mosquitoes peak after every storm.
Colonies are at full size and the workers get bold around food and drinks. This is the month people get stung at their own barbecue. Late in the month, the first mice start testing foundations.
The first cool nights send mice looking for warmth, and a mouse fits through a gap the width of a pencil. Spiders follow their food inside. Stink bugs and lady beetles mass on warm, south-facing walls.
Box elder bugs, stink bugs, Asian lady beetles and cluster flies pile into siding, window frames and attic vents. They do not damage anything. Mosquito season winds down with the first hard freeze.
If there is a gap, it has been found. Overwintering bugs have settled into the structure, and pressure outside drops off.
Indoor mouse activity climbs as established mice breed, and spiders still turn up in basements. What you did in September and October decides what December feels like.
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What to expect, start to finish.
Do these before your technician arrives. Good prep is what makes the treatment work.
Please do not use a fogger. It scatters bed bugs deeper into walls and other rooms.
Rodent Guard stations work best when they are left alone.
Stations are locked, tamper-resistant and placed out of reach of kids and pets.
Treatments do the heavy lifting. These help them last.
Post it behind the bar. Ten to fifteen minutes at close is the difference between gone in a couple of weeks and fighting them all season.
Once a week: clean behind and under equipment, scrub the floor drains, wipe bottle shelves and check under sinks for standing water. We handle drain foaming, fly bait, fly lights and trap checks on every visit.
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